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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Manathana
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11|54|45|N|75|45|25|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
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| area_total_km2 = 18.02
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| population_total = 15935
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 670674
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| registration_plate = KL 78 (Irrity) , KL 13 (Kannur) and KL 58 (Thalassery)
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'''Manathana''' is a village in [[Kannur District|Kannur district]] of [[Kerala]] , India.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-08 }}</ref>

Manathana belongs to [[Kannur]] Loksabha constituency. The Assembly constitution is [[Peravoor]]. The village has signs of very early human settlement. This small village has seven temples and remnants of some other temples or such structures. The history of [[Pazhassi Raja]], the Lion of Kerala, has been related to this small village. The folk songs of this region indicate that an earlier form of democratic administrative system had prevailed here.

==Location==
Manathana is located 17 km from [[Iritty]], 45 km from [[Thalassery]], 36 km from [[Mananthavady]] (Wayanad District). The [[Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary]] is located nearby. The nearest railway stations are [[Kannur]] (56 km) and [[Thalassery]] (45 km). The [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur airport]] is located 27 km away from Manathana.

==Historical Importance==

[[Pazhassi Raja]]'s Kizhakke Kovilakm was situated in Manathana.

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Manathana village had a population of 15,935 with 7,554 males and 8,381 females. Manathana village spreads over an area of {{cvt|18.02|km2}} with 3,777 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Manathana was 1,109 higher than state average of 1,084. Population of children in the age group 0-6 was 1,619 (10.2%) where 800 are males and 819 are females. Manathana had an overall literacy of 93.4% where male literacy stands at 96.3% and female literacy was 90.9%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kannur |publisher=Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=166,167 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

== Educational Institutions ==
* Govt. Higher Secondary School, Manathana

== Tourism ==
Manathana and the surrounding areas have a choice of tourism attractions.

* 1. [[Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary]]
* 2. [[Pazhassi Dam]] and garden
* 3. [[Kanjirakkolly waterfalls]]
* 4. [[Kodagu district|Coorg]] valleys
* 5. Palchuram
* 6. Barapole hydroelectric project
* 7. Central State farm at [[Aralam]]
* 8. Steel girder bridge at [[Iritty]] built by British
* 9. [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]

==Transportation==
The national highway passes through [[Thalassery]] town. [[Mangalore]] and [[Mumbai]] can be accessed on the northern side and [[Cochin]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of [[Iritty]] connects to [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]]. The nearest railway station is on Thalassery. The nearest airport is Kannur. There are airports at [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Manathana}}
{{Kannur district}}

<ref>http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

[[Category:Villages near Iritty]]

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